Elon Musk took to Twitter on Wednesday to troll critics and former staff of his firm in a brand new Twitter merchandise reveal.
The day after Musk discovered and revealed a closet stuffed with “keep woke” t-shirts at Twitter headquarters — a catchphrase typically utilized by these on the ideological Left — the brand new Twitter boss retconned the design and reveal a brand new “Stay at work” shirt.
“Awesome new Twitter merch!” he captioned the photograph.
A cut up photograph of Tesla CEO Elon Musk on the Offshore Northern Seas 2022 (ONS) assembly in Stavanger, Norway on August 29, 2022 and a t-shirt he posted to Twitter that reads “Stay at work” on Nov. 24, 2022.
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The new design, which might be only a meme, is a reference to Musk’s altering or work coverage at Twitter. After he took over the platform, Musk ended distant work for workers, a comfort that was made broadly obtainable beneath the coronavirus pandemic.
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In a mass electronic mail on Nov. 9, Musk mentioned there was “no approach to sugarcoat the message” and that staff ought to count on adjustments regarding workplace coverage.
The electronic mail allegedly mentioned Musk will discontinue distant work and can be requiring staff to be within the workplace for not less than 40 hours per week. Any exceptions would want his private approval, Bloomberg reported.
Elon Musk spent $44 billion to accumulate the social media firm Twitter.
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He echoed these necessities in an all-hands assembly with Twitter staff, Platformer Managing Editor Zoe Schiffer reported in a tweet.
“If you’ll be able to bodily make it to an workplace and also you don’t present up, resignation accepted,” he mentioned on Nov. 10.
The adjustments have been applied inside two weeks of Musk finishing his $44 billion acquisition of the corporate.
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On Tuesday, Musk posted a video of him and one other individual discovering a complete “secret closet” stuffed with shirts that learn: #StayWoke.
“Here we’re on the [merchandise] factor and there’s a complete closet stuffed with hashtag woke,” Musk mentioned. An unidentified individual off-camera added: “A secret closet.”
A cut up picture of the “woke” t-shirts present in a closet at Twitter headquarters.
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In the aftermath of the acquisition, critics have vocalized considerations Musk’s push to allow “free speech” on the platform would permit discrimination, insults, and pretend information to flourish.
Musk has since highlighted that “hate speech impressions” are down by a 3rd, an accolade he credited to the remaining Twitter staff.
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Others criticized Musk’s determination to reinstate beforehand banned customers like former President Donald Trump and the satirical web site Babylon Bee.